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Back to Font

Behind the Typefaces You Thought You Knew
Buch | Softcover
176 Seiten
2025
Laurence King Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5294-3870-3 (ISBN)
24,90 inkl. MwSt
Calling all type nerds!
Get ready for a chatty and opinionated, deeply nerdy history of how 16 of the most famous typefaces were made and why they look the way they do.

Who were their "parents" and "family"? Where do they come from and how were they born? And what was happening in the world at the time that influenced their growth and use? What's pretty and interesting about them, and what isn't? How are the typefaces used (and abused), and where can we find them "in the wild"? Finally, and most importantly, Back to Font will help you decide whether to kiss, kill, or marry that typeface.

An entertaining yet authoritative text by two Australian academics will be enhanced by colour illustrations showing typefaces in use. Based on the authors' podcast The Type Pod. Warning: this book may cause you to rethink your default font settings.

Contents:
Times New Roman / Gill Sans / Futura / Bodoni / Goudy / Baskerville / Akzidenz Grotesk /
Mrs Eaves / Trajan / Novarese / Bell Centennial / Foundry Sterling / Transport /
Gotham / Univers / Papyrus

Anitra Nottingham is Learning Design Lead at the University of Melbourne. Before that she was Head of Course Design at RMIT University Online and Co-Chair and Online Director of the School of Graphic Design and Digital Media at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She has designed books for Oxford University Press and Penguin Books. Jason Phillips works in curriculum development for the William Angliss Institute, Melbourne. He began his career designing banknotes, before moving into book design. Anitra and Jason co-present The Type Pod podcast.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.7.2025
Zusatzinfo 265
Sprache englisch
Maße 168 x 214 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
Informatik Grafik / Design Desktop Publishing / Typographie
ISBN-10 1-5294-3870-5 / 1529438705
ISBN-13 978-1-5294-3870-3 / 9781529438703
Zustand Neuware
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